The Hope pioneer., 1887-08-12
EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
Domestic News

EVENTS OF THE WEEK..
Domestic Newg
The annual meeting of the Catholic
Total Abstainer's UnionS Of the United
States was held at Philadelphia on the 3rd
and 4th The treasurer's report showed a
balance on hand of S503. .43. "a committee
Of one IRON each subordinate union Mas
celebration. Bishop Kean, of Richmond,
delivered an eloquent address and re-
"ceived avote of thanks from the conven-.
ton. The report of the committee on
resolutions, as adopted, is quite lengthy:
the work done by her sons in the cause of
temperament is commended. The organiZa-.
ton eoft a cadet temperance corps is
recommended, and the celebration in 1883
of the semicentennial anniversary of the
signing Of Father Matthew's pledge is
specially. urged: The election Of officers
resulted in the following: President, Rev.
Thomas J. Conaly, of Worcester, Mass;
vice-president, Rev. Thomas E. Walsh, of
Notre Dame college, Ind; treasurer, Rev.
Philip j. Corrigan, of Fitchburg, Mass. !;
Rev. M. E. Murphy, of Saltwater, Mimi,
was elected provincial vice president of the
Milwaukee district The next meeting
will be held in Boston in August, 1SSS.
Asynopsis of business transacted in the
general land office at Washington during
the week ending July 80 showed the total
grants still pending to be 6,345 ,9lS ana S06
private claims are still undisposed of. APP
plications for public lands within supposed
railroad grants. S,605; railroad selections
pending involving 2l.077,S1S acres; wagon
road selections pending involving 2sS9,344
,La,. 10 nd ;1,,~o DO
involving 14S,024,3 $40 acres; land grant
wagon roads z, involving 1926, ,5S3 acres :;
acres patented to July 80, 1,7s3,33O; acres
separate cases pending by actual count,
IL, COG, 4O5. Contested cases were disposed
Of during the week ending July 30, leaving
entries pending July 30, leaving 1866 cases
! undisposed of. Final homestead entries
| pending 1859; cash entries, 24,646; fradu-
lent entry cases pending $3.50. Of the sew
era, appropriations, made for the public
! land service for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1855. some s45,OOo are available.
Dairymen at Elgn, Ills, have been
forced to succomb for the season. There
has been very little rain there since. the 1st
of May. Pastures since then have been
shrinking, until now only the raw, coarse
slough grass affords bite. The young
trees are stripped of leaves, and many
farmers are dependent entirely upon feed
ing from the rack. The supply of milk
shows an average decrease Of 80 per cent.
This is below the winter rate of supply, as
the heat acts injuriously upon cattle. One
farmer offers to furnish his farm, one of the
best in the valley, stock, etc., and $1,000
| cash, to some responsible man to run it and
pay expenses till March, 1SSS.
4 special from Paducah, Ky, says that
just preceding the earthquake Monday
night, farm of 300 acres, planted in corn
and tobacco, sank from four to six feet, and
that the basin began at once to fill with
water. There were two colored families
living on the place who did not feel the
settling Of the earth, but were awakened
by water pouring in on the floor of their
cabins: They got on to high ground safely.
Ir1gg county is about sixty-hve miles from
the ''sunken lands" }" that went down sixty
to seventy feet during the New Madrid
convulsion about sixty years ago.
Anvil firing and fire works were INDUCED
at Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday vening
over the anti-prohibition victory. Al keg of
powder had been secured and one of the
boys was seated thereon, when some one
from the other side of the square fired a
rocket which struck the keg of powder,
causing terrific explosion. The boy was
burned on every part of his body, and ex-
pired Sunday morning. A boy of & wears
was burned so badly that he died Sunday
afternoon Three other boys were terribly
burned.
Comptroller of the Currency Trenholm
| has called upon the National banks for a
report Of their condition at the close of
business Aug. i. heinformation embodied
| in the report just called for is expected to
be particularly valuable as showing how the
banks are prepared to meet the approach
ing demands for funds to move the crops
All banks that failed to send in reports
under the last call within the time specified
by law we're fined, and the fines have been
collected and paid into the treasury.
Additional advices from the town of Mil
brook, Kan, which was struck by q
cyclone last Thursday evening, are to the
| effect that the place was practically
demolished, "a buildings, including hotels,
school houses, churches, stores and
troyen. The losses foot up s6S,OO0. The
people are in great distress and relief
committee has been organized to solicit aid
for the families whose homes were swept
away.
Lieb Bros. & Co., of San Francisco, com
plain to the interstate commission that the
Texas q Pacific and the Southern Pacific
railroad companies charge S2,27 per hun
dred upon freight to Houston or Galveston
Tex, while to other points in Texas much
nearer to San Francisco they charge 81
Complainants are consequently compelled
to ship to Houston or Galveston, there tc
be shipped back to destination. They ask
an investigation and relief.
The demand for freight cars has increased
SO rapidly within the past week that the
! railroads centering in Pittsburg, Pa, are
| taxed beyond their capacity. The Pennsyl-
| vanl0 hos ronniSitinnS
| more cars west of Pittsburg than they can
| furnish; now that the coke strike is practi-
cally settled this demand will be largely
| creased. The same difficulty is experienced
along the line of the Baltimore Il Ohio rail.
| road and its branches.
The New York Daily Commercial Bull
letin's fire record for July shows the fire
/ loss in the United States and Canada tc
have been Sl4,L26,500, against 10000 in
July 1856 and s9,O00,000 in July 1885. This
| is just double the average loss in July for
the past twelve years. The total loss fol
the first seven months of 1887 was SIC, 1926.
100, against SG3, 100000 for the correspond
ing period of 1856.
The historic Lutheran church, the corner
stone of which was laid in 1743, and stand.
ing mile from Strouchsburg, Berks Co..
Pa, was struck by lightning Aug 2, and
burned. The edifice with organ and S. s.
library was worth $4,000. 1t was land
mark among the Lutheran churches in
America and among the very first erected
in this country.
San Francisco, California, has been
indulging in the eastern luxury Of wheat
corner, and a close estimate as to losses
inflicted on the bull wheat clique by the
collapse of the corner make them between
S5,OC0,O00 and $6,C00,OOO, in addition tc
which the clique is still holding and paying